Nature produces some truly extravagant costumes, and birds have evolved more than their fair share of dazzling outfits. Often, it's the male birds that steal the show with bold colors and unfurling ...

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link between urbanization and the plumage color of birds. Species that thrive in ...

A green and brown hummingbird on a laundry line next to a clothespin. - Sonia Nadales/Unsplash Inviting colorful birds to your yard doesn't have to mean that you spend money on bird feeders. Instead, ...

Birds are some of the brightest and most colorful animals on Earth. The blues, reds, greens, purples and yellows of the avian world are rivaled, among vertebrates, only by the brilliant colors and ...

If you want to create a haven for bright and colorful birds to roam your yard, you may want to start incorporating bright purple flowers to draw them in further. Unlike humans, birds have four color ...

BRAINERD — For a brief period each spring, colorful songbirds gather. Some are migrating — en route northward — while others are busy staking out nesting territories. The males, of course, are singing ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...

There are numerous birds that are with us only for the spring and summer months, including the swallows and several warblers that I’ve recently discussed. Today, I’d like to talk about three more ...

We all expect to see pigeons in New York City parks. But George Bodarky from member station WFUV discovered many more exotic birds on a recent Saturday morning. He sent this audio postcard. (Soundbite ...

Out in the Pacific Ocean, 620 miles off the coast of Ecuador, lies a chain of volcanic islands that harbor some of the most diverse and unique animal species on the entire planet. The Galapagos ...

Climate change is making birds less colorful, according to a 15-year study on a common bird called the blue tit. It is dulling flashy feathers and threatening survival as our feathered friends rely on ...